by Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY Sports

by Tom Pelissero, USA TODAY Sports

The NFL announced Friday it has suspended umpire Roy Ellison one game without pay for making a "profane and derogatory" statement toward Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams during last week's game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

"NFL game officials are expected to avoid personal confrontations with players and be respectful of players and coaches at all times," the league said in a statement.

"The NFL-NFLRA Collective Bargaining Agreement states that 'at no time will a Game Official engage in any conduct which adversely affects or reflects on the NFL or which results in the impairment of public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of League games or the integrity or good character of its Game Officials.'"

Ellison, who's in his 11th year as an NFL official, won't work a game this weekend. He'll be eligible to return to his crew for Week 13.

Williams claimed Ellison called him a "garbage (expletive)," among other things, and teammates corroborated Williams' claim.

"I can definitely vouch that some things were said," Washington guard Kory Lichtensteiger told USA TODAY Sports. "I heard the ref say some very disparaging things, including the F-bomb."

Williams said Wednesday he thought the league would "probably sweep it under the rug," but that didn't happen.

Mike Pereira, the NFL's former director of officiating, told USA TODAY Sports the allegation deeply concerned him and expected the league felt the same. Pereira also said there had been a similar accusation against the Ellison in the past.

"It's a talent to turn your back and not let it get to you, where you just go off," Pereira told USA TODAY Sports. "But you can do it.

"Football is different than hockey and baseball. In the NFL, professionalism has always been preached. You're the one who has to restore calm."

Williams will not be disciplined for any role in the incident, an NFL spokesman said.